The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-26

Dawson Ns,cs, On last Thursday morning
crowd gathered in front OF The engine
house in answer to summons OF the fire bell
1t was a false alarm. and all the young
men, feeling good decided to have some
amusement before dispensing. A foot race
WAS gotten up on the spur OF the moment,
and the competitors were Col W. b. tVlbson
and Judge j. i. James. Their weight IS
about 24O pounds each. and bets were nearly
equally divided between the two. Gibson,
however, was the favorite, and had TO give
Judge James ten steps the start in seventy
five yards race. Both dill some good work,
but Judge James fairly bumped himself on
the home stretch and came out three lengths
ahead of Glib on, amid the cheers and
shouts of his friends who had backed their
Judgment on his ability TO win the race.
Thursday night, as the train from Gaines
vile reached Belmont junction, en- route
for jefferson, DR.. =. s. EearWOod, of Pen
digrass, lost his pockethook, and claimed
tkat his pockets had been picked. There
were three strangers, that is, people the
doctor did not know, on the train, one of
whom was the conductor, John Singleton,
| who was running in place of Conductor
Clarke. It was proposed that the whole
crowd of men on the train be searched.
! This was unanimously accepted, and
every one entered the baggage car
and submitted TO a thorough personal ex-
animation, but neither the pocketbook nor
| money was found. Conductor Singleton
told Eearwood that he was on the platform
OF the car at Gambler Station with his pocket
book out, and must have dropped it there.
Yearwood did not believe it, but finally
agreed to 20 back and look for it. He re-
turned on the uptraiu. took a light, and
found the missing property all intact, where
he had dropped it. The loss created quite
connection among the passengers until the
property was found.
AT Gainesville on Thursday night Jacob
Short, cOlored, was accidentally, by the eX-
ploSion of a kerosene lamp, burned so badly
that he died from the effects thereof Satur-
day evening, and was buried Sunday. He
was one OF the fixtures of the city. He
was 63 Years Old, and during the war was
the body servant of d. E. Banks of that
place. and when his master was shot down
he took him upon his shoulders and
carried him off the field and saved him
from capture. In doing so received
two wOunds-one in the arm and the
other in the leg, but nothing danted he
bore his master to place of safety. In
stead of joining the Union League, es most
of the colored people did, he became
staunch and uncOmpromisng Democrat,
and has always voted the Democratic ticket
No Confederate soldier was prouder of his
war record than Uncle Jake. His white
ITleluS puTcHASeu "a neat ltlneTdi OuJLU, IOl-
lowed him to the grave. and with their own
hands buried him. He was usually liked by
all the white people, but his own race had
but little to do with him.
Augusta Chronicle: Monday night a re-
porter learning from reliable informant
that fire was raging at Langley factory,
dispatched to the scene and learned that the
fire occurred in the picker room of that
mandatory and had done considerable
damage to machinery, besides burning
fifteen bales of cotton, and that the fire had
been mastered by a force of workmen and
was under control. This information
was conveyed to President w
c. Sibley. The Chronicle was
thanked for its information. How
ever, an officer from the factory had
just arrived bringing the information, being
unable to get possession of the wires He
stated that the fire was under complete con-
troll when he left He did not think more
than ten bales of cotton had been destroyed.
The accurate extent of the damages, how
ever, could not be learned, owing to the con
fused condition of things during the excite
ment that reigned when he left. All losses
are fully covered by insurance and will re-
tard business but little. President Sibley
left at O'Clock this morning for the factory.